Blessing Day

Macey Anne Shields was blessed on April 27th, 2008, it was a wonderful day. Derek gave such a great blessing. Isn't she gorgous in that dress! My mom bought it for her. The pictures don't do it justice. There is so much detail in the dress it looks like a little wedding dress. My dad just kept saying "it's so fancy". I love fancy! She hated her bonnet so there weren't many pictures of her smiling. Derek wanted me to take the bonnet off but she looked so stinkin' cute I had to keep it on her.

Averi is a graduate!

Isn't she adorable! I can't believe she will be starting Kindergarten, and in a big yellow school bus! What am I to do. Kelli took some great pics of the graduation so I will post a slide show.

Make your own dang quesadilla

So the other day we were having some landscaping work done and I opened the front door to find a Mexican picnic on my porch. (is that PC?) All the landscapers were having lunch on my porch, they even brought their own microwave and plugged it in! I couldn't resist taking a pic of the quesadilla cooking in action.

Jaydie got into the markers again! She is an artist and can't be restricted to paper, in fact she will rarely use it unless forced to. She has colored on everything and everyone except the baby. Thank goodness for washable marker!

Baby Macey

She is so much fun! She is really such a good baby. She only cries when she is tired or hungry. Otherwise she is pretty content, especially if she can snuggle her mommy or her grandma. She scares her Daddy and her grandpa a bit. They don't like crying... I kinda think it's cute. Her sisters still love her to death and maul her constantly. I wanted to post her blessing pics but my sister Kelli was the photographer and I haven't received them from her yet. So hopefully they will get posted soon.

What a Birthday!

Well I just celebrated my 31st birthday. It's kinda hard to say that out loud though. 31 seems old but I still feel like a teenager. Sometimes when my kids call me mom I have a wierd moment and think I can't believe I am the mom.
Anyway, enough rambling... My birthday which actually ends up stretching to a birthweek due to celebrating at my parent's house and Derek's parent's house and a celebration with just our family and one with just derek and me. (I know I am a princess) I am not sure a week is long enough :) My mom made me an awesome dinner of baby back ribs! On my real birthday Derek made me breakfast in bed and the girls gave me a cute shirt from hollister. Derek also decorated the house with balloons and streamers and took me to lunch at PeiWei. Then we went to Tai Pan Trading and I picked out a gorgeous painting for my family room. (My parents and Derek's parents gave me money for my birthday to help pay for the painting, Derek covered the rest). It was a wonderful day! On Saturday Derek and I went with some friends to Ahh Sushi for a birthday dinner it was awesome! Hey a girl has to milk the celebrating for all it's worth!

Macey Anne Shields was born, Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 4:007p. She weighed 7lbs 7oz and was 19" long. She is beautiful!